Xmas Increases Spam By 650 Percent
News The festive spirit has seen Christmas email spam swell 650 percent since this time last year, heightening the risks associated with unprotected networks and placing a burden on workplace bandwidth, according to SurfControl Australia.
[December 7, 2001, 9:21]
Workers Using Email For Sex Talk
News Conducted by University of Western Sydney academics Dr Monica Whitty and Ray Archee, and commissioned by Internet filtering company SurfControl Australia, the study found that in a day and age when employers can actually be held liable for acts of...
[January 24, 2002, 9:59]
Phishers Target Yahoo IM Users
News Charles Heunemann, managing director of SurfControl in Australia, said IM and peer-to-peer communications were rarely encrypted, making them susceptible to snooping, hijacking and impersonation attacks.
[March 24, 2005, 9:40]
Sober Comes Out Of Hibernation To Spread Hate
News Internet security firm SurfControl reported seeing 1,000 spam e-mails within hours of the initial outbreak, which the company said is around 40 times the usual number. Munir Kotadia reported from Sydney for ZDNet Australia.
[May 16, 2005, 9:25]
MSN Hosting '10 Percent Of Spammers' Sites'
News Spammers have started using Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging service to host malicious content used during spam and virus onslaughts, Internet security firm SurfControl said. However, a relatively simple registration system means that spammers are...
[August 26, 2005, 10:25]
Hackers Send Flood Of Bogus Microsoft Updates
News The email won't be picked up through anti-spyware software because the file does not contain spyware signatures that would be used to identify it as potentially harmful," said Martino Corbelli from SurfControl.
[April 8, 2005, 13:30]
Security Holes: The Danger Within
News Charles Heunemann, managing director at SurfControl in Australia, estimates that about 90 percent of Australian companies' intellectual capital is held in digital format. A white paper released in the US by Web filtering vendor SurfControl found...
[June 12, 2002, 9:50]
